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[applause] >> stephen colbert, john oliver, and stephen colbert's puppet. so, here we are. [applause] [cheering] >> thank you. we have had some really incredible musical performances here today. i hope you enjoyed them. [applause] >> we have had what some would classified as comedy as well. now, i thought we might have a moment, however brief, for some sincerity. i know there are boundaries for a comedian, pungent, copper guy, and i will find out how i have violated them tomorrow. i really happy if you guys are here. -- i am really happy day you guys are here. [applause] >> even if none of us are really quite sure why we are here. some of you might have seen today a call for action, or some of the more ironic cats, as a clarion call for action. some of you just wanted to see the aerospace museum and got really screwed. i'm sure a lot of you are here just to have a nice time, and i hope you did. [applause] >> i know many of you made great efforts to be here today. i want you to know that everyone involved with this project worked incredibly hard to make sure that we honored
[applause] >> stephen colbert, john oliver, and stephen colbert's puppet. so, here we are. [applause] [cheering] >> thank you. we have had some really incredible musical performances here today. i hope you enjoyed them. [applause] >> we have had what some would classified as comedy as well. now, i thought we might have a moment, however brief, for some sincerity. i know there are boundaries for a comedian, pungent, copper guy, and i will find out how i have violated them...
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and they will spend the day picking flowers with stephen colbert. i would like to admonish the audience before i continue my statement. we need to maintain order and decorum throughout these proceedings. to that and, i would like to remind all of the visitors in the audience that they should refrain from any manifestation of approval or disapproval or any other destructive actions. if necessary, the capitol police are here to remove anyone that disrupts the hearing. we hope that won't be necessary. part of what i have learned over the years, without a sufficient u.s. labor force, farmers have relied on undocumented workers. according to the department of labor, 50% of all agricultural workers are undocumented. the reporting might actually be closer to 75%. the shortage of agricultural workers could be solved by increasing wages and working conditions as a long time an ardent supporter. i would like nothing better. we would like to face the reality that the nation's growers from around the world and is increasingly globalized world, increasing wages
and they will spend the day picking flowers with stephen colbert. i would like to admonish the audience before i continue my statement. we need to maintain order and decorum throughout these proceedings. to that and, i would like to remind all of the visitors in the audience that they should refrain from any manifestation of approval or disapproval or any other destructive actions. if necessary, the capitol police are here to remove anyone that disrupts the hearing. we hope that won't be...
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>> yes it is, stephen harper it what we have found is that -- yes it is, sir. we found they actually have more room within the checkpoints. the initial deployment is to look at the checkpoints that are ready right now to handle the space. >> the idea is that the carry-on baggage will still go down the line and be screened but that the time the individual spends in the fit machine will parallel or be concurrent with that time used to ? that is how you come up with very little increase? >> yes. it is something we will be very focused on as passenger load increase over the next couple of years. we will look to make sure we are properly managing the lines. we will also -- as we are setting these machines up, we will have the ability to direct passengers through the advanced imaging technology and receive alternate greeting. wycombe man is the process that way, as well. >> these pilot efforts in the last couple of years to check out this technology, is that also included with extensive work and what we are talking about right now? the deployment of the machines and
>> yes it is, stephen harper it what we have found is that -- yes it is, sir. we found they actually have more room within the checkpoints. the initial deployment is to look at the checkpoints that are ready right now to handle the space. >> the idea is that the carry-on baggage will still go down the line and be screened but that the time the individual spends in the fit machine will parallel or be concurrent with that time used to ? that is how you come up with very little...
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stephen dinafor democrats, 202-. for independents, 202-628-0205. you can find this on e-mail, journal@c-span.org, as well as twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. let's take a look at a piece from "the washington post" today. "for gop activists and hopefuls, no time like the president's. there is a far different message coming out of new orleans this weekend. a host of potential candidates moved through during the three day gathering, sarah palin being the most prominent, although not necessarily the best received. buffeted by growing satisfaction with president george w. bush, moving from the midterm elections in which they ultimately lost control of the house and senate. this year, however, roughly 3000 activists have their eyes on 2010, as do the politicians. the energy and enthusiasm on display amongst republicans if they do not get distracted or divided." referencing the weekend meeting in new orleans, urging gop not to indulge in distractions. "michael steele and acknowledge mistakes but cautioned against errors in a midterm year." we will be talkin
stephen dinafor democrats, 202-. for independents, 202-628-0205. you can find this on e-mail, journal@c-span.org, as well as twitter, twitter.com/c-spanwj. let's take a look at a piece from "the washington post" today. "for gop activists and hopefuls, no time like the president's. there is a far different message coming out of new orleans this weekend. a host of potential candidates moved through during the three day gathering, sarah palin being the most prominent, although not...
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you know, we read stephen ambrose, doris kearns goodwin, doug brinkley, and there are some academics out there who are writing for a general audience. people like h.w. brands and others. but clearly the trend has been toward specialization. and it's -- mr. lowell, the president of harvard early in the 20th century who was a humanist and a political scientist, back in the day when political scientists talked about politics, said, "the graduate student who came to harvard, the mythical graduate student who arrived to study the left hind leg of the paleozoic cockroach," so academic specialization was a problem a century ago. it's become, i think even greater today. >>doug brinkley? >> well, i'm going to dissent slightly from gordon wood because i think these academic books have a huge amount ofso first off, the university presses represent a state. i'm writing right now on alaska. i don't know how i could write my book if there hasn't been a university of alaska press that did a book about the pipeline, that did a book about charles sheldon at mount mckinley, that did a book about the a
you know, we read stephen ambrose, doris kearns goodwin, doug brinkley, and there are some academics out there who are writing for a general audience. people like h.w. brands and others. but clearly the trend has been toward specialization. and it's -- mr. lowell, the president of harvard early in the 20th century who was a humanist and a political scientist, back in the day when political scientists talked about politics, said, "the graduate student who came to harvard, the mythical...
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we will be speaking with stephen more from the "wall street journal." in just a few minutes, we will hear from -- randi weingarten from the american federation of teachers. >> the u.s. senate is not in session today. senators are meeting at the newseum. they will be hearing from the president this morning as well. we continue coverage of the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request today. the senate finance committee holds a hearing on the health and human services budget which is requested to go up 3.9%. secretary kathleen sebelius will testify. live coverage at 3:00 eastern. a budget hearing on c-span 3. timothy geithner testifies on the budget, tax, medicare proposals. in the afternoon, the house armed services subcommittee will hear a report from the defense task force on sexual assault and military services. that hearing is live at 3:00 eastern. >> we know his starkly markets often do not work but we forgot. >> joseph tickets on the economic collapse and the effect on the global economy. >> now for educators, c-span offers the new classroom at c
we will be speaking with stephen more from the "wall street journal." in just a few minutes, we will hear from -- randi weingarten from the american federation of teachers. >> the u.s. senate is not in session today. senators are meeting at the newseum. they will be hearing from the president this morning as well. we continue coverage of the president's fiscal year 2011 budget request today. the senate finance committee holds a hearing on the health and human services budget...
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stephens? >> you have priced this budget gap at $800 million. what proposal do you propose as a budget solution? >> thank you for the question. also, thank you to new hampshire public television. i also want to think the governor for being here today. i believe, strongly, that we are facing a nearly $800 million deficit. i have said that from the beginning of the campaign. when you are over $156 million to put into the budget, not one piece of land has been sold and now the committee is looking at borrowing from the cigarette distribution. we are continuing to kick the can down the road. if we care about our children, we would not spend a 24% increase in spending. i believe strongly in values about fiscal responsibility, low taxes, limited government, going to $11.5 billion. those of the budgets that were passed and signed into law by the governor. i would not have signed a the government -- the budget and a lot, which is why we are in this situation, and i did say 10% across the board. i did that before as commissioner. finding ideas on efficie
stephens? >> you have priced this budget gap at $800 million. what proposal do you propose as a budget solution? >> thank you for the question. also, thank you to new hampshire public television. i also want to think the governor for being here today. i believe, strongly, that we are facing a nearly $800 million deficit. i have said that from the beginning of the campaign. when you are over $156 million to put into the budget, not one piece of land has been sold and now the...
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he met with prime minister stephen harper and seemed healthy and in good spirits. a decision to leave canada for the surgery, especially if it's available here, raises questions about the premier's confidence in newfoundland's health care system. so you've got a premier from canada -- his health care is important to him. he wants to keep being the premier. and so he's coming to the united states or already has, i understand he's already had the surgery here in the united states. we have the best health care that has ever been anywhere in the world in time or in geography. mr. akin: you're making a point here my friend that i don't know if you knew you'd left off the preaching and went on to meddling because when you talk about cancer, i'm a cancer survivor myself. if you take a look at cancer survive -- survival rates in england, they tend to be about 20% worse than they are in america. why is that? you've explained it very accurately, that is cancer is particularly sensitive that when you diagnose it, you want to get to it quickly before it spreads or gets too bad
he met with prime minister stephen harper and seemed healthy and in good spirits. a decision to leave canada for the surgery, especially if it's available here, raises questions about the premier's confidence in newfoundland's health care system. so you've got a premier from canada -- his health care is important to him. he wants to keep being the premier. and so he's coming to the united states or already has, i understand he's already had the surgery here in the united states. we have the...
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. >> does stephen sondheim count? well, it's his 80th birthday, you know, if he hasn't won a pulitzer i think -- no, in fact he has won a pulitzer. >> but he did a broadway show called the "assassins," which was about assassination of a lot -- >> extraordinary. >> talk about reinventing, you know, pushing the envelope. sondheim's been doing that for 50 years. and in fact he won a pulitzer for "sunday in the park with george," which was all about georges seurat the french pointillist painter who created sunday in the -- you know, it's a show about the artist, the animation of the artist, what is unique about the artist, why are some different from the rest of us. >> but what impact has broadway or at least pulitzers have on the society and the way it views history? >> very quickly, well, broadway is much less important to the culture today than it was 40 or 50 years ago when you had tennessee williams and you had marlon brando appearing on broadway, and it's a different culture. ironically it's more profitable than eve
. >> does stephen sondheim count? well, it's his 80th birthday, you know, if he hasn't won a pulitzer i think -- no, in fact he has won a pulitzer. >> but he did a broadway show called the "assassins," which was about assassination of a lot -- >> extraordinary. >> talk about reinventing, you know, pushing the envelope. sondheim's been doing that for 50 years. and in fact he won a pulitzer for "sunday in the park with george," which was all about...
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honor to present to you the president of canada, -- the prime minister of canada, the very honorable stephen harper. >> ladies and gentlemen, before we start, first i would like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time, despite your very heavy schedule to take the time to be here today. by being here today you do credit to the great nations you represent, to the great organization to represent and of course, reflects the great priority that all citizens of the world plays on the challenge before us. [speaking french] i would alsoqwl like to welcomee prime minister of haiti. and so, mr. prime minister, i have to say to you once again that on behalf of the government of canada i offer my most sincere sympathy to you and everyone in haiti. you can be sure that our thoughts and our prayers, the prayers of all canadians are with our brothers and sisters in haiti. the entire world has been moved by the scenes of devastation in haiti. the destruction wrought by the earthquake in his already fragile country is truly heart wrenching. like canada, countries throughout the hemisphere have
honor to present to you the president of canada, -- the prime minister of canada, the very honorable stephen harper. >> ladies and gentlemen, before we start, first i would like to thank each and every one of you for taking the time, despite your very heavy schedule to take the time to be here today. by being here today you do credit to the great nations you represent, to the great organization to represent and of course, reflects the great priority that all citizens of the world plays on...
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they will see an approach or the question is very open. >> stephen breyer and his books on sunday night at 8:00. >> c-span's local content vehicle are traveling the country as a lick of some in most closely contested house races leading up to the midterm election. >> in florida, if the incumbent is the democrats as been there for 14 years. he won a primary in august. they are going to be spending a lot of money would television ads with speaker pelosi and president obama. a part of what we are seeing nationally is unhappiness with the obama administration and the economy and of the debate that went down with the health care vote. it is very big. a lot of town halls got very loud. we know how that went down. that was a precursor to what this race with the light. there will be one overriding issue. that'll be congressman floyd's vote in favor of the health care legislation. in the first round, he voted against the legislation. then he voted for it as a key swing vote in the second round and it was passed. he did have a tough primary fight against long term state legislator here. he won th
they will see an approach or the question is very open. >> stephen breyer and his books on sunday night at 8:00. >> c-span's local content vehicle are traveling the country as a lick of some in most closely contested house races leading up to the midterm election. >> in florida, if the incumbent is the democrats as been there for 14 years. he won a primary in august. they are going to be spending a lot of money would television ads with speaker pelosi and president obama. a...
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host: stephen, pa., concerning congressional ethics and the election in 2010, what are your thoughts? caller: one of the earlier callers talked about term limits. i used to think that they would be something that would be necessary, but i have come to realize the need to have term limits already, it is called the ballot. what we need is educated voters to pay attention to the issues and how your representatives stand on them, not listen to the political machine, republican or democrat. it is a big responsibility to be a voter in this country and it should be treated as such. we have to do it right. host: who is your representative in pennsylvania? caller: i cannot remember his name right now. you caught me off-guard. host: that is ok. caller: upper marlboro, maryland, go ahead -- host: upper marlboro, maryland, go ahead. caller: the gentleman from texas, a couple of callers back, it is typical of republicans and conservatives. you kind of stole my thunder, i was going to bring up the example of the republican senator who is being investigated by the justice department. host: john ensi
host: stephen, pa., concerning congressional ethics and the election in 2010, what are your thoughts? caller: one of the earlier callers talked about term limits. i used to think that they would be something that would be necessary, but i have come to realize the need to have term limits already, it is called the ballot. what we need is educated voters to pay attention to the issues and how your representatives stand on them, not listen to the political machine, republican or democrat. it is a...
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[applause] stephen gale and gabriel cole. [applause] our sole responsestore sponsorsy predecessor mr. richard taffle. [applause] another silver sponsor that wears multiple hats is the chairman of the liberty education forum, mr. thomas tahwahl. [applause] and mr. fred carter, he is actually running for president. he is an openly gay republican running for president. yes, it does happen. [applause] while we are working on ken's message, we will discuss why this is such a full room. who cannot remember or not forget the 2008 cycle? ok, this is where i stop everything. we will start every -- we will start over. no worries. this was a phone call brought before the dinner. it is fine. >> welcome to the log cabin republican national dinner. this is ken mehlman. on behalf of every adult american to marry the person that the glove, they're keeping me in new york tonight. your support and advocacy for individual liberty of responsibility will help insure inclusion in the republican party. congratulations to the award winners this even
[applause] stephen gale and gabriel cole. [applause] our sole responsestore sponsorsy predecessor mr. richard taffle. [applause] another silver sponsor that wears multiple hats is the chairman of the liberty education forum, mr. thomas tahwahl. [applause] and mr. fred carter, he is actually running for president. he is an openly gay republican running for president. yes, it does happen. [applause] while we are working on ken's message, we will discuss why this is such a full room. who cannot...
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after that, supreme court justices stephen breyer and clarence thomas testify on the court's budget request for the next fiscal year. later, a portion of our recent hearing on the 2008 collapse of washington mutual bank. . . earth after the accident. -- up next, the second part of an oral history at johnson space of a. today marks the 40th anniversary of the safe return to earth after the disaster. this is one hour 20 minutes. but it is time to move on. i can remember, they said that those guys landed on the moon. was there a similar feeling and mission control? >> it did not take a second for the office to ratchet up the objectives. what are you going to do? and what we're going to do is that the time that the crew is dissenting, we will give them a verbal guidance update. dissenting, we will give them a verbal guidance update. we will try to alter their trajectory so that they can land. they did not do it. i think that the entire mission ahead this. not for change, i was a spectator. it was interesting to watch other people. the mission started off with a real bang. shortly after liftoff,
after that, supreme court justices stephen breyer and clarence thomas testify on the court's budget request for the next fiscal year. later, a portion of our recent hearing on the 2008 collapse of washington mutual bank. . . earth after the accident. -- up next, the second part of an oral history at johnson space of a. today marks the 40th anniversary of the safe return to earth after the disaster. this is one hour 20 minutes. but it is time to move on. i can remember, they said that those guys...
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in 1996, what became known as the stephen diedact for fisheri, because of that act, became the most famous fishery in the world. where there was nothing but tundra and forest, today there are no airports for roads, water and sewer systems, hospitals, clinics, research labs and much more. territory. alaska is a great state and a student -- and a contributor to our nation's security and national defense. this transformation from a working to help alaska achieve its potential. it has and will continue to be my last work. my motto has been here, "to help with politics. just do what is right for the and i haver+÷0f6cwpxuxxetl-÷wyko live up to those great words. i am proud of the leadership of which i shared for almost three decades with my father. i thank him for being here. he is a great american patriot and a true friend. together we work with the armed forces to spread the -- to supply the training needed in this chaininchanging world. i do not have time today to head of the highlights of this body. that will take a lot of time. let me acknowledge the french of i have enjoyed with so many
in 1996, what became known as the stephen diedact for fisheri, because of that act, became the most famous fishery in the world. where there was nothing but tundra and forest, today there are no airports for roads, water and sewer systems, hospitals, clinics, research labs and much more. territory. alaska is a great state and a student -- and a contributor to our nation's security and national defense. this transformation from a working to help alaska achieve its potential. it has and will...
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host: stephen, northampton, pennsylvania. caller: i have a problem with a false this coming from the congress on the democratic side, trying to reward people for non- activity. socialism has come to the forefront. the american people see right through this. the american people do not believe in their government anymore, and that is a bad thing. we are being led down a path of non-competition from anywhere from preschool love all up through the adult level. jobs are leaving the country and everyone is lying through their teeth to make things look good. host: let us take his first comment, people not believing in their government. is that added pressure to the president tonight to address that sentiment? guest: he is right. there is a greater distrust of government. it is not just simply people not supporting the president. congress always has sale level of trust among the american people, and it is lower now. it is also a problem for republicans this whole movement, the tea party movement, a patriopatriots, it is all geared to
host: stephen, northampton, pennsylvania. caller: i have a problem with a false this coming from the congress on the democratic side, trying to reward people for non- activity. socialism has come to the forefront. the american people see right through this. the american people do not believe in their government anymore, and that is a bad thing. we are being led down a path of non-competition from anywhere from preschool love all up through the adult level. jobs are leaving the country and...
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you're on the line with stephen rose. caller: good morning, mr. rose. i have two questions. when i was young, our economy used to be based on primarily manufacturing. manufacturing was based on making a small profit on many, many, many items. our economy seems to be based on making a large profit on just a few items. driving the prices up, which eventually means that our wages no longer will cover, so we raise the minimum wage. that raised the minimum wage, it's been passed down on to the cost of the item until our minimum wage no longer covers on and on and on. when is our economy going to get back to the old-fashioned way, which seemed to work just fine, used to minimize the pepth of the depregs we went through other than the 1929 depression. and my second question is, would it not help our economy if, during a national crises and such, if we turned to companies within the areas of the crisis to help solve the crisis, such as during the gulf coast crisis california companies, during earthquakes, companies within the flood yareds during floods? guest: ok, made your point, t
you're on the line with stephen rose. caller: good morning, mr. rose. i have two questions. when i was young, our economy used to be based on primarily manufacturing. manufacturing was based on making a small profit on many, many, many items. our economy seems to be based on making a large profit on just a few items. driving the prices up, which eventually means that our wages no longer will cover, so we raise the minimum wage. that raised the minimum wage, it's been passed down on to the cost...
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and i want to thank julie, barbara, roland, stephen, renee, and christopher, standing behind me -- physicians, physicians assistants, and nurses who understand how important it isi want to thank all of you who are here today. [applause] we began our push to reform health insurance last march, in this room, with doctors and nurses who know the system best. and so it's fitting to be joined by all of you as we bring this journey to a close. last thursday, i spent seven hours at a summit where democrats and republicans engaged in a public and very substantive discussion about health care. this meeting capped off a debate that began with a similar summit nearly one year ago. and since then, every idea has been put on the table. every argument has been made. everything there is to say about health care has been said -- [laughter] -- and just about everybody has said it. [laughter] so now is the time to make a decision about how to finally reform health care so that it works, not just for the insurance companies, but for america's families and america's businesses. now, where both sides say they agr
and i want to thank julie, barbara, roland, stephen, renee, and christopher, standing behind me -- physicians, physicians assistants, and nurses who understand how important it isi want to thank all of you who are here today. [applause] we began our push to reform health insurance last march, in this room, with doctors and nurses who know the system best. and so it's fitting to be joined by all of you as we bring this journey to a close. last thursday, i spent seven hours at a summit where...
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it is nice to see the likes of stephen colbert and jon stewart out there. i watch their shows on comedy central. i do not always agree with john stuart political ideology, but he is out there. he leads the left wing, the youth left wing of the nation. i do not think he will have much effect this time around the. host: but you found it entertaining. caller: yes, i did. host: if you go to c-span.org and click on our politics tab, as regular viewers know, we have covered more than 120 debates in this election cycle. you can go to c-span.org and watch any of these debates. feedsn see the twisttter from all of the candidates. caller: thank you for taking my call. i really enjoyed the program today. i think it was amazing to see all of those people come together on one place. there were several different types of people, it looked like. it was a breath of fresh air for me. i really enjoyed it. host: do you think it is something c-span should have covered? caller: absolutely. as i said, it was a breath of fresh air. it was bipartisan, in my opinion. there was not
it is nice to see the likes of stephen colbert and jon stewart out there. i watch their shows on comedy central. i do not always agree with john stuart political ideology, but he is out there. he leads the left wing, the youth left wing of the nation. i do not think he will have much effect this time around the. host: but you found it entertaining. caller: yes, i did. host: if you go to c-span.org and click on our politics tab, as regular viewers know, we have covered more than 120 debates in...
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host: stephen from idaho where the number of representatives is going to stay the same. caller: if i remember correctly, there was quite a bit of controversy about moving the census office to the white house. what effect could the executive branch have on the redistricting from the census? guest: to the extent that the executive branch is going to have a say over this process, it will most likely be enforcement in the voting rights act provision which allows legislators retro-aggression, which is the decline of the voting strength in a district. minority voters, in some states, have moved out into the suburbs. it gets harder to draw them into one district. the obama administration is going to have a very difficult job to do in enforcing this. they have to decide which battles to involve thenmselves in. in south carolina, for example, republican lawmakers love to put that nude seated in north carolina -- south carolina that would benefit republicans. democrats might argue it would be possible to create another african american majority district in the state. " we are like
host: stephen from idaho where the number of representatives is going to stay the same. caller: if i remember correctly, there was quite a bit of controversy about moving the census office to the white house. what effect could the executive branch have on the redistricting from the census? guest: to the extent that the executive branch is going to have a say over this process, it will most likely be enforcement in the voting rights act provision which allows legislators retro-aggression, which...
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host: florida, stephen of independent line. caller: thank you for c-span for knowledge instead of opinion. earlier in your statement, john, usec @ to live with this jobs bill -- you said that with this jobs bill we would see more concerted effort from both parties to get something passed unlike the health care bill. i just wanted to point out the fact that we are not talking about the senate push it with a service, excellent talking about these politicians getting earmarks and money for the states to put through jobs in the next 10 months and look back and tell their constituents, look what i brought to you. it is a little bit different from what we have had -- we are excellent talking about something rather than a service, but talking about real cash money to bring home. guest: actually a good point. one of the big pieces of the bill that a lot of members would like would be the highway extension, which is sort of specific projects in the state they can point to to say these are dollars i brought home, an election year for a l
host: florida, stephen of independent line. caller: thank you for c-span for knowledge instead of opinion. earlier in your statement, john, usec @ to live with this jobs bill -- you said that with this jobs bill we would see more concerted effort from both parties to get something passed unlike the health care bill. i just wanted to point out the fact that we are not talking about the senate push it with a service, excellent talking about these politicians getting earmarks and money for the...
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swain i withdraw my previous request that i made to stephen. >> thank you. we turn now to mr. colbert for is five minutes of testimony. >> good morning. i am american citizen. it is an honor and privilege to be here today. the congresswomen asked me to share my vast experience, spending one day as a migrant farm worker. i am happy to use my celebrity to draw attention to this important, complicated issue. i certainly hope that my star power can bump this hearing all the way up to c-span-1. as we heard this morning, american farms are far too dependent on immigrant labor to pick our fruits and vegetables. the obvious answer is for all of us to stop eating fruits and vegetables. and, if you look at the recent obesity statistics, you'll see that many americans already started. unfortunately, my gastroenterologists has informed me in no uncertain terms that they are a necessary source of roughage. at evidence, and like to submit a video of my colonoscopy into the record. we all know there is a long history of great nations importing farmworkers to do their work. after all, it was
swain i withdraw my previous request that i made to stephen. >> thank you. we turn now to mr. colbert for is five minutes of testimony. >> good morning. i am american citizen. it is an honor and privilege to be here today. the congresswomen asked me to share my vast experience, spending one day as a migrant farm worker. i am happy to use my celebrity to draw attention to this important, complicated issue. i certainly hope that my star power can bump this hearing all the way up to...
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officer in the military or the isi of pakistan, but several frontline investigators disagreed, including stephen. it was hard to find people who knew the case well and find a subset of people willing to talk. it seemed that everyone does not talk because of the pending court cases, the enormous diplomatic sensitivity the reporting of conversation from the u.s., india, pakistan, france, israel, and other countries, and it involves looking at case file report records, some of which had not been disclosed before. there was a lot of material that had to be followed up and expanded on. sajid appeared in court documents since 2001, sometimes under alias, and you needed multiple conformations a major was the same person. also the reporting so that mir had been at the forefront of an effort to expand the group's reached, assist al qaeda and strike western targets dating back to 2001. but sources agreed that the u.s., continued to view it as a threat to india. the case files gave detailed on his training camps in 2001 and a vital role of trainings and handlers supplied by the pakistani military. there wa
officer in the military or the isi of pakistan, but several frontline investigators disagreed, including stephen. it was hard to find people who knew the case well and find a subset of people willing to talk. it seemed that everyone does not talk because of the pending court cases, the enormous diplomatic sensitivity the reporting of conversation from the u.s., india, pakistan, france, israel, and other countries, and it involves looking at case file report records, some of which had not been...
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this afternoon, stephen hayes was found guilty of 16 of the 17 charges he faced in connection with the horrible triple murder home invasion in 2007. six of those counts are capital murder felony which is carry the death penalty. since the first question is to you, mr. foley, and you do support the death penalty, there are many criti who don't think it should be used. what do you say to them and to your opponent by way of making them understand why you believe it would be appropriate, and what would you do to expedite it? >> first of all, if there was ever an instance where the -- where capital punishment, executio should apply, it's this ce. it's a truly heinous case against three women and a nice family in a community her in connecticut. i support the death penalty, first of all, a majority of the citizens of connecticut support the death penalty and i support it for two reasons. first of all, i think it discourages crimes but an even better argument that i've heard is that corrections officers are safer. somebody is sent to life in prison with no chance of death penalty can kill a co
this afternoon, stephen hayes was found guilty of 16 of the 17 charges he faced in connection with the horrible triple murder home invasion in 2007. six of those counts are capital murder felony which is carry the death penalty. since the first question is to you, mr. foley, and you do support the death penalty, there are many criti who don't think it should be used. what do you say to them and to your opponent by way of making them understand why you believe it would be appropriate, and what...
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host: stephen, wrap it up. caller: the democratically controlled congress, said that, in west -- senate, in west virginia, mr. mansion, oliverio signed these bills over, giving power to the federal government. they are just going to continue to do that. host: adam green, any comment? guest: i do not have much to say about local west virginia law. you mentioned that mine. it was a travesty. i imagine there is an increased role for the government to play there if they do not crack down on these corporations who will take advantage of their workers. host: paul, louisville. democrat. good morning. caller: kudos to your organization, i plan on joining. two quick questions. back in july, august, i read about rand paul not following rules of the ama. he created a group of his own and said that he did not want to take the test that other doctors take. my second question is, is there any type of law that will cost truth in lending, advertising? corporations now have the power to do all this advertising but people do not
host: stephen, wrap it up. caller: the democratically controlled congress, said that, in west -- senate, in west virginia, mr. mansion, oliverio signed these bills over, giving power to the federal government. they are just going to continue to do that. host: adam green, any comment? guest: i do not have much to say about local west virginia law. you mentioned that mine. it was a travesty. i imagine there is an increased role for the government to play there if they do not crack down on these...
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next is a call from los angeles, stephen, republican line. you are on the with barbara kennelly. are you there? all right, we will try our luck with this call -- sean. you are on the air. caller: how are you doing? i am pushing middle-age. and i kind of share the sentiment from the caller from tampa bay few minutes ago. my generation is coming into our political crime, and we have watched the older generations spend money off the chain in government and there will be a day of reckoning because as my generation comes in to political power, we know what the numbers are. we know there has been a population explosion in the world in general since the 19th century. we know what it takes to sustain -- i am going to call that a ponzi scheme because the government stole our money, all these big government programs. and we are not happy about it. we are victims of big government, my generation is, and older generation has been posted on it and we are extremely unhappy about it. i think older generation's need to reconcile this. the older generations are pushing this off on our generation
next is a call from los angeles, stephen, republican line. you are on the with barbara kennelly. are you there? all right, we will try our luck with this call -- sean. you are on the air. caller: how are you doing? i am pushing middle-age. and i kind of share the sentiment from the caller from tampa bay few minutes ago. my generation is coming into our political crime, and we have watched the older generations spend money off the chain in government and there will be a day of reckoning because...
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one question you ask -- what was the mainÑi issue in the debate between abrahamçó lincoln and stephen douglasÑi in 1858? what is theÑi answer to that question? guest: it wasÑi actually the extension ofçó slavery into new territories. that was important during that time because there was a border war going on between kansas and missouri. ñrslavery had been a huge issue through the republic. ñrthere had been a compromise which is important to know. ñrÑiasÑi we expanded westward, e was a question of how to balance Ñieventually, it came to a headn the civil war. you get host: thisÑi test to a couple of thousand people. ÑiwhatÑi percentage got that fit question right? sqáj than 45%. that was in college graduates. that was an interesting finding from the report last year was the college did not add to much to it. they did better on the question slightly but it was stimn a failing grade. host:ñr here's another one -- ñe u.s. electoral college doesñr what? it has five choices. what isñr the answer to this? question because resurveyed elected officials asñrñr well. they go
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you're on the line with stephen rose. caller: good morning, mr. rose. i have two questions. when i was young, our economy used to be based on primarily mafacturing. manufacturing was based on making a small profit on many, many, many items. our economy seems to be based on making a large profit on just a few items. driving the prices up, which eventually means that our wages no longer will cover, so we raise the minimum wage. that raised the minimum wage, it's been passed down on to the cost of the item until our minimum wage no longer covers on and on and on. when is our economy going to get back to the old-fashioned way, which seemed to work just fine, used to minimize the pepth of the depregs we went through other than the 1929 depression. and my second question is, would it not help our economy if, during a national crises and such, if we turned to companies within the areas of the crisis to help solve the crisis, such as during the gulf coast crisis california companies, during earthquakes, companies within the flood yareds during floods? guest: ok, made your point, tha
you're on the line with stephen rose. caller: good morning, mr. rose. i have two questions. when i was young, our economy used to be based on primarily mafacturing. manufacturing was based on making a small profit on many, many, many items. our economy seems to be based on making a large profit on just a few items. driving the prices up, which eventually means that our wages no longer will cover, so we raise the minimum wage. that raised the minimum wage, it's been passed down on to the cost of...
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stephen kaplan is a lawyer -- steven kaplan is a lawyer, but he specializes in financial mortgage matters. welcome and thanks for being here. guest: thank you, susan. host: the description of one current mortgage disclosure is that they are a quagmire. would you agree? guest: i think that is probably an appropriate description. i think the different types of requirements and up being very confusing and cumbersome and a voluminous amount of paper. voluminous amount of paper. we have disclosures that allow people to shop for different products, so they can take the product that they got from lender "a" and compare it to render "b." other disclosures are informational, like be careful, your house is on the line. it is very difficult for the consumer to understand. host: and the big headline from the "wall street journal" this morning, the "housing is staying stuck." guest: probably the largest issue right now from a housing sales perspective other than qualifying for mortgage loans are the underwriting guidelines that are being applied by lenders. they're very strict. a lot of people are app
stephen kaplan is a lawyer -- steven kaplan is a lawyer, but he specializes in financial mortgage matters. welcome and thanks for being here. guest: thank you, susan. host: the description of one current mortgage disclosure is that they are a quagmire. would you agree? guest: i think that is probably an appropriate description. i think the different types of requirements and up being very confusing and cumbersome and a voluminous amount of paper. voluminous amount of paper. we have disclosures...
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stephen chu to be secretary of energy. he has earned accolades and achievements throughout the world. most notably he won a nobel prize for his work in physics by developing methods to cool and trap atams in laser light. i don't know what that means, mr. speaker, but it must have been something very important. . concerning global warming, secretary chu has been a leading advocate for the research of finding alternatives sources of energy and straying away our dependence on fossil fuels. he is the first person ever appointed to a presidential cabinet after reiving a nobel prize. another member, secretary of veterans affairs, former general eric shinseke, a graduate of west point and decorated veteran who fought in two tours of vietnam. wound frd his last tour in vietnam understands from personal experience the plight of veterans and the support those veterans and their families really need. he is the only japanese american and asian american to be promoted to the army's top position as chief of staff of the army. first four
stephen chu to be secretary of energy. he has earned accolades and achievements throughout the world. most notably he won a nobel prize for his work in physics by developing methods to cool and trap atams in laser light. i don't know what that means, mr. speaker, but it must have been something very important. . concerning global warming, secretary chu has been a leading advocate for the research of finding alternatives sources of energy and straying away our dependence on fossil fuels. he is...
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young people are cynical about the political structure r they are all stephen colbert fans and mock politics and politicians are all a bunch of bums but i'm glad you got involved. host: to david next from springfield, massachusetts -- oh, actually brian from michigan on the democrats line. caller: thanks. i have a lot of respect for you over the years as i listen to us. we have the news media and they are right in your wheelhouse, but how can politicians actually hideaway from direct questions suchs as you're getting, news conferences, we depend on our media to ask direct questions and try to get direct answers but if the president, whether it's this president or the last president, does not come out in front of them and avail themselves to direct questions, how can we learn more about where they're going and cut through all this clutter? i don't believe this president, president obama, has had a direct news conference since july. guest: that's been a topic at the white house briefings for the last few days, as reporters are beginning to pepper robert gibbs, the white house spokesman with qu
young people are cynical about the political structure r they are all stephen colbert fans and mock politics and politicians are all a bunch of bums but i'm glad you got involved. host: to david next from springfield, massachusetts -- oh, actually brian from michigan on the democrats line. caller: thanks. i have a lot of respect for you over the years as i listen to us. we have the news media and they are right in your wheelhouse, but how can politicians actually hideaway from direct questions...
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original c-span interviews with current and retired justices, including chief justice john roberts, stephen breyer, did they o'connor and sonia sotomayor. a personal and compelling view, rich with history and tradition, with 60 pages of photographs detailing the architecture and history of the court's landmark building. a handsome addition to the bookshelf of any non-fiction reader. to order copies of the publisher is very special price of $5 go to c-span.org/e-books and click on the supreme court book and be sure to use the promo code c- span at checkout. place the order by december 15 to receive your copies in time for holiday gift-giving. >> but the u.s. unemployment rate just under 10% urban institute host a panel discussion looking at the u.s. job market and and it's as that might help lure what that number. speakers include an official by national league of cities and national association of independent business. this is about an hour and half. >> i am vice-president of research and i am happy you joined us whether here in person or on our webcast, to discuss the challenges of job cre
original c-span interviews with current and retired justices, including chief justice john roberts, stephen breyer, did they o'connor and sonia sotomayor. a personal and compelling view, rich with history and tradition, with 60 pages of photographs detailing the architecture and history of the court's landmark building. a handsome addition to the bookshelf of any non-fiction reader. to order copies of the publisher is very special price of $5 go to c-span.org/e-books and click on the supreme...
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it talks about what happened as far as the actual writings of the justices, particularly justice stephens, who wrote the 90-page dissent he said majority got to that result. those points who were defensive and defiant, chief justice john roberts. it says justice stevens' bill had three major elements. the court had reached out to decide questions not properly before it and issued a broad ruling when narrow grounds were available and failed to show due respect to the president n. his concurrence thursday, chief justice john roberts said he respected the president must have limits. otherwise, he said, "congratulation would be legal, minimum wage laws would be unconstitutional, and the government could wiretap ordinary criminal suspects without first obtaining warrants." again, there's more this morning. that's in the "new york times." the politico has some of the reaction from those here in washington, d.c., to the decision. this is jean cummings. he quotes ken gross, a campaign finance expert from a law frm here in d.c., he says it's time for everybody to calm down. he says he thinks that
it talks about what happened as far as the actual writings of the justices, particularly justice stephens, who wrote the 90-page dissent he said majority got to that result. those points who were defensive and defiant, chief justice john roberts. it says justice stevens' bill had three major elements. the court had reached out to decide questions not properly before it and issued a broad ruling when narrow grounds were available and failed to show due respect to the president n. his concurrence...
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. >> stephen williams. >> thanks, mr. speaker. the chancellor said travis was an objective of this statement, soy grew up in poverty on free school meals when i was in school. one of my ideological objectives and potics is to deliver social mobility. >> the chancellor preferred that the seven and a half billion pounds with the next investment by the bigger part of this year and will help potential and some of the poorest countries on trenfamilies in the country. [shouting] >> my old friend obviously thinks a life to bear and the two biggest settlements are to the healt and for education. and in education, we have particular prioritized underprivileged children on free meals. at the heart of this coalition agreement, with the commitment to two and a half billion pound premium. we foundhat on top of the flat cash settlement per pupil, evil and people numbers are rising the street real increasing resource in schools on for years been the labour party was suffering general election. also are offering for the very first time 15 hours o
. >> stephen williams. >> thanks, mr. speaker. the chancellor said travis was an objective of this statement, soy grew up in poverty on free school meals when i was in school. one of my ideological objectives and potics is to deliver social mobility. >> the chancellor preferred that the seven and a half billion pounds with the next investment by the bigger part of this year and will help potential and some of the poorest countries on trenfamilies in the country. [shouting]...
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stephen abraham joins legal experts and members of the september 11 families. and tonight on "the communicators," brad smith from microsoft on cloud computing, accessing data over the internet is set of local computer servers. "communicators" tonight on c- span2. tamara, the funeral service for john murtha who died last week at age 77. he was chairman of the house defense appropriations subcommittee, which allocates defense spending. we will have live coverage around 10:30 a.m. eastern. >> former secretary of state madeleine albright recently joined college presidents to discuss leadership. they are at wellesley college to talk about how women can receive an education and government. this is just over an hour and half. >> good afternoon, everybody. i am not used to sitting down in this room. welcome to all of you this afternoon to this conversation with secretary albright on higher education, its role and responsibility in global affairs. this afternoon's events is held on the auspices of the college's newly established madeleine colbert albright institute for
stephen abraham joins legal experts and members of the september 11 families. and tonight on "the communicators," brad smith from microsoft on cloud computing, accessing data over the internet is set of local computer servers. "communicators" tonight on c- span2. tamara, the funeral service for john murtha who died last week at age 77. he was chairman of the house defense appropriations subcommittee, which allocates defense spending. we will have live coverage around 10:30...
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as stephen chu sa and the secretary of energy, he said for centuries america has led the world in innovation. today that leadership is at risk. how do you ensure that innovation remains theallmark of america? tony blair said the talent is the 21st century's wealth? i think he was right. unfortunately, we're failing to educate and prepare americans for this globally competitive economy, so we need a much more aggressive focus math, science, engineering for our own people and we had real problems when the microsofts of theorlds say the high-paying jobs and there's 59% of all u.s. doctorates and engineering and science are awarded to foreigners. i don't know how many of you read tom friedman's brilliant memo the other day in "the new york times" posing as if it were a wikileaks producer of information from the chinese embassy back to home, but you have to read it. it's brilliant and it tells a story of how we are sort of shooting ourselves in the foot and you may say to yourselves why is this relevant to what you're trying to say about the dialogue? i'll tell you why, because china makes its ow
as stephen chu sa and the secretary of energy, he said for centuries america has led the world in innovation. today that leadership is at risk. how do you ensure that innovation remains theallmark of america? tony blair said the talent is the 21st century's wealth? i think he was right. unfortunately, we're failing to educate and prepare americans for this globally competitive economy, so we need a much more aggressive focus math, science, engineering for our own people and we had real problems...
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[applause] stephen colby said, one should live. the one true love. one should leave a legacy. -- one should love. when to leave a legacy. we are here to say on behalf of the fraternity that we are still here to support you whenever you need. all you have to do is call and the omega. we are here for you. when i think about dr. hooks, brother hooks, leadership comes to mind because he was aspirational. he was exciting. he was motivational. also, i think about the passion he had to right the wrongs of this world and the job preaching and proclaim in the righteousness of the father. i'm also reminded of the tremendous sacrifice he made to do all he has done what is the weekend you -- all he has done. what is it we can do to preserve the legacy of brother hoekstra? he was a great leader. if you think so, please give him applause. [applause] here is my question to you as i take my seat. look how much more and could have done if we had been better followers. look how much more he could have done if we had been better followers. now, i'm not going to say tha
[applause] stephen colby said, one should live. the one true love. one should leave a legacy. -- one should love. when to leave a legacy. we are here to say on behalf of the fraternity that we are still here to support you whenever you need. all you have to do is call and the omega. we are here for you. when i think about dr. hooks, brother hooks, leadership comes to mind because he was aspirational. he was exciting. he was motivational. also, i think about the passion he had to right the...
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canadian prime minister stephen harper answers questions on the canadian mission in afghanistan, climate change, and his relationship with president obama. this runs about 45 minutes. >> thank you for joining us. >> it is good to be here. it does not seem that long ago since we have the last one. >> we're talking about what can only be described as the great recession. you're talking about the kind of stimulus spending you would have to put in place. is the recovery sustainable and is the recession over? >> economist would tell you that technically we are into recovery. i am much more cautious. we do not yet have that type of private sector lay growth that we need to say. we do not have the turnaround in the job market. we don't have them going back to work but there are some positive things that have been happening. we do have some growth. the employment situation is stabilizing. 2009 has been a tough year, but not as tough in connecticut -- in canada as other places. we're optimistic that 2010 will be a year of recovery. >> when do you think you can choke off the stimulus? >> we're pre
canadian prime minister stephen harper answers questions on the canadian mission in afghanistan, climate change, and his relationship with president obama. this runs about 45 minutes. >> thank you for joining us. >> it is good to be here. it does not seem that long ago since we have the last one. >> we're talking about what can only be described as the great recession. you're talking about the kind of stimulus spending you would have to put in place. is the recovery...
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we have lost stephen. let's take you to the republican headquarters -- just in a minute. we are going to get another call in first. from pennsylvania, this is mike on the democrats' line. you have a pretty close senate race going on there. have you are results? caller: i am watching them as you are giving them, and it is intriguing. in a stand of vitriol on both sides of the aisle. i also appreciated the comments from the person from the pacific islands. he said what a great country we live in, and i would echo that. that is evidenced by the peaceful transition of some power. for all of the people that are t. partyers or republicans that think this somehow means that the health care bill will be overturned, they should understand that they were not being given accurate information. the way the power will now be balance will not allow that to happen. that some of the bomb as plans that have been put into action will be given the time -- some of obama's plants that have been put into action will be given the time to play out. the country is going in the right direction, whi
we have lost stephen. let's take you to the republican headquarters -- just in a minute. we are going to get another call in first. from pennsylvania, this is mike on the democrats' line. you have a pretty close senate race going on there. have you are results? caller: i am watching them as you are giving them, and it is intriguing. in a stand of vitriol on both sides of the aisle. i also appreciated the comments from the person from the pacific islands. he said what a great country we live in,...
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he learned to surf on cocoa beach with his brother, sean and stephen. he routinely won amateur championships in the 19850es and six eastern surfing association championships and four national titles. in 1992, at the age of 20, kelly slater was the youngest surfer ever to win the association of surfing professionals world championship. he's a six-time winner of the billabong pipeline masters. that's 1992 to 2008. the billabong pipeline masters is a competition held annually at the banzai pipeline in oahu, hawaii. 45 of the top ranked surfers ranked by the surfing professionals association compete. again, kelly slater's achievements there are unprecedented. he won five consecutive association of surfing professional titles between the year of 1994 and 1998. in 1995 and 1998 kelly slater won the surfing triple crown. the reef hawaiian pro at haleiwa ali'i beach park, the o'neill world cup of surfing at sunset beach, and the billabong pipeline masters at the banzai pipeline. in 2002, he won the quicksilver in memory of eddie aikau in oahu, hawaii. competiti
he learned to surf on cocoa beach with his brother, sean and stephen. he routinely won amateur championships in the 19850es and six eastern surfing association championships and four national titles. in 1992, at the age of 20, kelly slater was the youngest surfer ever to win the association of surfing professionals world championship. he's a six-time winner of the billabong pipeline masters. that's 1992 to 2008. the billabong pipeline masters is a competition held annually at the banzai...